Controlling Anisotropy in Heat Treated Glass
Anisotropy is also known as Brewster marks, quench marks, strain pattern, leopard spots, Iridescence, etc. Although anisotropy is inevitable when
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Design of Double Curved Self Spanning Horizontal Laminated Glass
<p>There is a desire in architecture to design and achieve transparent canopies and glazed rooves that are free from the visual clutter and the…
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Determination of Interlayer Structural Properties for Use in Laminated Glass Design
<p>We have seen rapid expansion in the last decade of laminated glass design using modern analytical and computational methods. Essential to the…
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Adaptable Glazing Shields
<p>Today, about 40% of all buildings in the U.S. still have single-pane windows, and ~70% of the existing building stock is estimated to suffer from…
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The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, LA
<p>Renzo Piano Building Workshop designed a 290,000 sf museum celebrating the artistry and technology of film, becoming the world’s first museum and…
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Solar Reflection Mitigation
<p>Glass by nature is a reflective material, and it is well-known and documented that issues of glare can occur due to solar reflection. This…
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Integrating Structure and Cladding
<p>The project represents a successful integration of a glass facade with the primary structure of the building. The choice of the building material…
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Translation from Concept to Construction
<p>Fidelity between the built enclosure and early visualizations is rarely, if ever, an accident. When achieved, it comes as the result of persistent…
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Glazing Design By ASTM E 1300
<p>ASTM E 1300 “Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance of Glass in Buildings” defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being…
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Managing Constraints
<p>On a commercial high-rise tower project located in Hong Kong, the design team was challenged to make a facade that would beneficial to tenants…
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Doubling Mies
<p>Mies van der Rohe’s concurrently designed projects for Commonwealth Promenade Apartments (1953-1956) and the Esplanade Apartments (1953-1957), saw…
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Designing with Photovoltaics
<p>Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With…
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Thinking About Facades
<p>There have been three decades of liberating developments in the application of descriptive geometry and freeform design methods, as well as the…
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Subjective Perception and Objective Measurement
<p>Current glass industry standards provide clear tolerances for readily quantifiable physical properties to assist with the evaluation of visual…
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Retrofit Options for Historic Facades
<p>Building design criteria requires that government buildings be designed for a variety of extreme loads including blast, hurricane, and impact…
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Renewing Two Saarinen Icons
<p>Kresge Auditorium and the MIT Chapel, designed by Eero Saarinen and built in 1955, are both world renowned works of architecture and powerful…
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Contextual Envelopes
Aesthetic and technical capabilities of facade design have become seemingly endless as building technologies progress. While the capacity to address
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Ballistic and Blast Integrated Design
Increased security needs have led to a demand in enhanced curtain wall facade performance. In addition to thermal, acoustic, and structural
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Adaptive Facades
Facade engineering aims at appropriately balancing the demands imposed by the context and the capabilities inherent to the materials, the geometries
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Infinite Panel System
<p>Today, building facades are expected to do much more than merely provide shelter, which is driving the need for higher performing envelope…
